Salinas Municipal Code Art. III Water Efficient Landscape

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2503(NCS), § 1, adopted Feb. 9, 2010, set out provisions intended for use as Art. III, §§ 36A-14.010—36A-14.030. To preserve the style of this Code, and at the editor's discretion, these provisions have been included as Art. III, §§ 36A-14—36A-16. Additionally, Ord. No. 2503(NCS) shall take effect thirty days after its adoption.

The California Department of Water Resources' "Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance" codified at Title 23, California Code of Regulations, Section 490 is hereby adopted as the Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance of the City of Salinas, California.

(Ord. No. 2503(NCS), § 1, 2-9-2010)

Any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements set forth herein or in the "Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance" adopted by reference or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the provisions of this article, shall be subject to enforcement by the city attorney pursuant to the city's administrative remedies ordinance or pursuant to any other remedy available under the law or in equity. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense. The application of any penalty hereunder shall be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.

(Ord. No. 2503(NCS), § 1, 2-9-2010)

Costs of enforcement, including administrative costs, penalties and attorney fees shall be borne by and shall become a personal obligation of the property owner, property owner's agent, operator, occupant, and/or the responsible person or entity and may be recoverable by the city by all available legal remedies. In addition to this personal obligation and all other remedies provided by law, the city may collect any judgment, fee, cost or charge, including any permit fees, fines, late charges or interest incurred by it in enforcing the provisions of this article. In the event any such costs remain unpaid after ninety days, the same shall constitute a lien or, in the alternative, an assessment against the real property on which the violation occurred. The cost of enforcement shall constitute an assessment against the respective lots or parcels of land on which such violation exists, and as thus made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of such assessments, respectively, until paid. Such lien shall, for all purposes, be on parity with the lien of state, county and city taxes.

(Ord. No. 2503(NCS), § 1, 2-9-2010)